Home Care Assistant

**Job description**

**We offer you a £250 bonus for joining our team.**

We have an excellent career opportunity for the role of **Home Care Assistant** to join our team here at **Caring Crew **working in people’s homes in the **Peterborough** area.

**Are you kind? Compassionate? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Singing, dancing, painting, sports? Then we can offer you the perfect role where you will genuinely make a difference, everyday**

**Shift patterns**: We can offer you excellent working patterns to suit your personal life.

Day shifts are working between 7am and 10pm and we have morning shift patterns of 7am - 3pm and evening shifts of 3pm - 10pm

**Hours**: We can offer you excellent working hours to suit you ranging from 16 hours a week up to 40+ hours a week if you’d prefer. Excellent shifts to work around your family life.

**Pay**: Starting rate of pay of £10.75 an hour, which goes up if you have a Level 2 or Level 3 NVQ qualification

**PLUS** a £250 joining bonus paid to you which is paid to you when you pass your probation.

Experience may be an advantage, but if you're a genuinely caring person with the right attitude, then we want to speak with you. No one day is ever the same, which is why we love what we do

**We can offer you;**
- Excellent pay rate PLUS a £250 joining bonus.
- Flexible hours and shift patterns YOU CHOOSE
- A well-established healthcare provider who invests in their team.
- A growing company making a huge difference in people's lives everyday.
- Excellent management and supportive staff.
- 5.6 weeks holiday a year (pro-rata for part-time)
- Ongoing training and development.
- Career progression opportunities.
- Overtime available if you want to work extra and earn more money.
- Employee of the month awards
- Monthly newsletter with lots of updates and photos of what's going on at Caring Crew.
- Amazing social media pages Showcasing our teams and events.
- Gain further NVQ’s such as level 2, 3 and level 5
- Excellent Induction and Training which are nationally accredited.
- Employer pension
- Paid holidays
- Free uniform

**Who are we?**

**Caring Crew **are a quality home care provider covering the Peterborough area and one of the largest care providers for the local council. We are rated **Good **with CQC, and work closely with Peterborough City Council, the NHS and private clients to deliver high standard and reliable care to clients in their own homes.

We’re growing our team and are looking to hire people who have a fun personality and genuinely love caring for other people.
- Proactive person who can use your own decision making skills.
- Willingness to learn and develop your skills
- Can do attitude and strong work ethic
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Empathetic to people and kind
- Good communication skills
- A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference

**Key responsibilities**:

- Supporting adults in the comfort of their own homes.
- Identifying needs and preferences for each individual and providing personal care
- Encourage good community relationships by promoting a variety of activities
- Accurately report, record and maintain records as required and working to care plans
- Be a kind, empathetic and people person who works well in a team.
- Being a really fun person who is reliable and a team player :)

If you have any questions or would like some further information on the role, please **'APPLY' **now and we can arrange a phone call at your earliest convenience. We can’t wait to hear from you. Be sure to also check out our Instagram and Facebook pages by searching ‘Caring Crew.’

**Please Note**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 25 - 35 per week

**Salary**: £10.75-£15.35 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Every weekend
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
- Weekends only

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Signing bonus

Application question(s):

- What location of Peterborough are you based please?

**Experience**:

- caring for people: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- driving licence and your own car? (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road